Addison Walkowiak, Ballston Spa diving

Ballston Spa’s Addison Walkowiak is the top-ranked girls diver in Section II and No. 2 in the state. The senior’s score of 278.05 set in a meet on Oct. 9 is more than 10 points higher than the next-highest score from Sydney Weiskopf of Shenendehowa. Walkowiak holds all of the Scotties’ diving records and has been offered a full scholarship to dive for Rutgers University next year. A state champion diver as a sophomore, Walkowiak took her junior year off before deciding to return to the pool as a senior.

“I don’t really think about the dive when I’m going. When I’m doing a hard dive I let the muscle memory do it. If I over-think it I’ll get all screwed up.” — Addison Walkowiak: On what goes through her mind during a dive.